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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
ng the abandonment of all the posts which until then had seemed to be necessary to the Federals to ensure the free navigation of the Mississippi. Hurlbut and General Brayman, commanding the District of Cairo, did not seem to have understood these tactics. Fort Pillow, situated a few miles below Fulton, after having been abandonedonducted, is easily repulsed. He returns several times to the charge, and always in vain. The Federals know that the telegraph before being cut has informed General Brayman at Cairo of their situation, and that they will soon be relieved. They fight with confidence and ardor. Duckworth has experienced severe losses, and despairt the moment when it was thus sacrificed by its chief, deliverance was near by. As General Veatch's brigade was passing through Cairo on its way to Tennessee, General Brayman had taken with him a part of it on board of steamers, and, landing at Hickman, was marching upon Union City to raise the blockade of the garrison and bring th